#113 - The Last 37 Seconds of Desmond O'Beirne (Trafalgar Square, London)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday 3rd June 2017 at 12:24am, in London's bustling Trafalgar Square, as 50-year-old Desmond O’Beirne was heading home after a night out in the West End, he made a very innocent and simple request from a total stranger... 37 seconds later, his life was over.
- Date: Saturday 3rd June 2017
- Location: Trafalgar Square, London, WC2 (in front of the National Gallery)
- Victims: 1 (Desmond O'Beirne)
- Culprits: 1 (Lucas Antunes & Luis Abella)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk, |
| 0:14.2 | featuring many of London's untold, unsolved, and long-forgotten murders, |
| 0:20.1 | all set within and beyond the West End. |
| 0:25.1 | Today's episode is about a good, decent man, who was no bother to anyone when he made a very |
| 0:31.1 | innocent request from a stranger in a public place. It's something which happens every day in every town and city, |
| 0:39.7 | but from the moment he spoke that first word, his life was over within seconds. |
| 0:47.0 | Murdomali's research used in authentic sources. It contains moments of satire, shock, |
| 0:52.4 | and grisly details, and as a dramatization of the real events, |
| 0:57.0 | it may also feature loud and realistic sounds, so that no matter where you listen to this podcast, |
| 1:03.7 | you'll feel like you're actually there. |
| 1:07.6 | My name is Michael. I am your tour guide, and this is Murder Mile. |
| 1:14.9 | Episode 113, the last 37 seconds of Desmond O'Burn. |
| 1:33.3 | Today, I'm standing in Trafalgar Square, WC2. One street south-west of the baby batter of Bedfordbury. |
| 1:38.3 | One street south of the Identicate Killing at the old Curiosity Shop. |
| 1:43.3 | One street west of the hotel |
| 1:45.3 | where James Forbes McCallum spent his last night of freedom |
| 1:48.7 | before the bungled robbery of the Cochin Horses' pub, |
| 1:52.4 | and just one road west of the justifiable homicide of Ali Farmy Bay. |
| 1:58.4 | Coming soon to Murder Mile. |
| 2:05.6 | Situated between Covent Garden, the Strand and the Houses of Parliament, |
| 2:09.6 | Trafalgar Square is a grand public square commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar, |
| 2:14.6 | which like most British places, glorifies our victories and vilifies |
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